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Cracker   /krˈækər/   Listen
noun
Cracker  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, cracks.
2.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. (Obs.) "What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?"
3.
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; usually called firecracker.
4.
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
5.
A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
6.
(Zool.) The pintail duck.
7.
pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.





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"Cracker" Quotes from Famous Books



... thought of this, he put it in practice. He began by shaking hands once more, and then said to them, "Me berry glad see you—me sposy you berry hundy. Polly want a cracker. He sall hab penty mate den, so he sall. Did de ...
— The Lily and the Cross - A Tale of Acadia • James De Mille
... paper, which made an incredible noise, and let off a Waterloo cracker, which reverberated along the walls like thunder, and done other deeds of the same kind below, we ascended, and walking over the back of the cavern, presently came upon the passage which leads to its inner opening; and there, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 • Various
... "I'll bet you've had nothing to eat. I'll make you a cup of coffee and a toasted cracker on the ...
— Port O' Gold • Louis John Stellman
... one ceremony that had to be faithfully performed, no matter how sleepy he might be. The black dancing bear had always to be put to bed in a cracker box and covered with a piece of ...
— Big Brother • Annie Fellows-Johnston
... collected from time to time and put by to serve for charades or tableaux. There were old evening dresses and cloaks, feathers, shawls, a few hats, artificial flowers, bright-coloured scarves, beads, bangles, and cracker jewellery, even some false moustaches and beards, a horse pistol, and a pair of top-boots. These she placed entirely at the disposal of the girls, telling Vivian Holmes to distribute them so as to allow as many as possible to have a share. Vivian was strictly impartial, and doled out ...
— The New Girl at St. Chad's - A Story of School Life • Angela Brazil


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